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Analysis of 128 penetration tests conducted in the fourth quarter of 2016 shows that approximately two-thirds of tested companies were successfully breached. [Read More]
Researchers identified more than 140 attacks where malicious actors used legitimate tools for in-memory infections and traffic tunnelling [Read More]
Russia has detained nine people alleged to be part of a cybercrime ring accused of stealing some $17 million dollars from bank accounts, the interior ministry said. [Read More]
Sophos will pay $100 million in cash to acquire Invincea, with a possible $20 million earn-out. [Read More]
Absolute extends endpoint security self-healing capabilities to third-party applications [Read More]
Cyber espionage group linked to Iran uses Mac malware named MacDownloader to steal data from infected devices [Read More]
US embassies could ask visa applicants for passwords to their own social media accounts in future background checks, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Tuesday. [Read More]
Google is planning to appeal a ruling that it must comply with search warrants involving customer data stored on servers outside of the United States. [Read More]
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Whether in a bar or in public, on the dark-web or a major news site, the lesson my Kung Fu instructor taught me on that first day can go a long way to keeping you safe.
When you’re solving problems it’s easy to get lost in creating something complicated. I believe that the more difficult path is to simplify, simplify, simplify.
The impact of ransomware has expanded from an IT nuisance to attacks that can shut down and potentially ruin the businesses they infect.
Focusing on securing an endless amount of endpoints is almost impossible to do effectively. You can’t rely on the devices to be secure and you can’t rely on the consumers to secure their devices themselves.
Threat intelligence has a shelf life, but there’s not a well-defined, industry standard on how to expire threat intelligence.
To support digital transformation, security protections must be tailored to fit the specific needs of operational technology (OT) and work in concert with IT security strategy.
To fully realize the benefit of the Public Cloud, it is vital that the same due diligence applied to a physical network is applied to a cloud-based infrastructure.
Reducing the amount of personal data subject to GDPR is a critical step towards minimizing the amount of risk that GDPR will expose.
While effective at curbing “petty crimes” such as credit skimming / cloning, EMV does not address more sophisticated cyber-attacks that target backend systems which contain card holders’ most sensitive information.
While there are clear security benefits gained through network segmentation, the principal goal of creating subnets is to improve performance, avoiding broadcast storms and latency stimulated by our insatiable requirement for bandwidth.
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